Learning to do, doing to learn. Earning to live, living to serve.
100
What does PAS stand for?
Post-Secondary Agriculture Student Organization
100
a specialized form of milk given for a limited time that delivers essential nutrients and antibodies in a form that the newborn can digest
Colostrum
100
What is the Missouri state tree?
Dogwood
100
In terms of the entire United States, Missouri ranks _____ in number of farms.
2nd
200
When and where was FFA founded?
1928 in Kansas City, Mo
200
Who is the Missouri State PAS President?
Iris Wormington
200
How many steers on average are born in Missouri each year?
0
200
What is the number one crop grown in Missouri?
Soybeans
200
Livestock production accounted for ______ of the state’s agricultural receipts
(Get within 5%)
53%
300
What is the name of the National FFA magazine?
FFA New Horizons
300
What is the PAS motto?
Uniting Education & Industry in Agriculture
300
Steer is to bovine as _____ is to equine
Gelding
300
Name three parts to female flower reproduction system known as pistil
Stigma, Style, Ovary
300
Who is the current Missouri Director of Agriculture?
Chris Chinn
400
Who is the Missouri State FFA President?
Colton Spencer
400
When and where was PAS founded?
1980 in Kansas City, MO
400
Name the four compartments of a ruminant stomach?
Ex: cow, sheep, goat, etc.
Abomasum
Omasum
Reticulum
Rumen
400
Grasses are monocots or dicots?
Monocots
400
The greatest percentage of which state is occupied by cropland?
Iowa
500
Which 5 states have the most FFA members?
Texas
California
Georgia
Missouri
Oklahoma
500
How many states participate in PAS?
18
500
What two essential processes happen before commercial milk can be bottled and sold at the grocery store?
homogenization and pasteurization
500
If a plant has brown scorching and curling of leaf tips as well as chlorosis (yellowing) between leaf veins and noticeable purple spots what deficiency is this plant experiencing?
Potassium
500
Which agricultural commodity, used as an early morning beverage, must be imported to the continental United States?